It's not often you think of the dictionary as being controversial, but you throw in some misogynistic examples regarding terms like rabidfeminism, shrill, nagging, and housework, that's what you get. Oxford Dictionaries came under fire this week after an observant PhD student took offense to some of the examples he found under certain definitions.

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Several days ago, Michael Oman-Reagan noticed some alarmingly sexist references in the Oxford Dictionary. He shared his findings on Twitter, complete with graphics of the offensive terms.

You know, because the first thing that comes to mind when you think rabid isn't "dog with rabies," it's feminism. But it didn't stop there. What about shrill? That has to be a woman screeching, right? Isn't that what women do? #HeadDesk

This is the current Oxford Dictionary, folks, not some tome from the 1950s. You'd think that they'd be quick to respond that they meant no offense, and would be looking into revamping some of their definitions to reflect the fact that it's 2016, but no. The genius in charge of their social media sent out this gem:

Um ... yeah. That's not just offensive, it's totally condescending. Thankfully they got their act together after the social media backlash, and the next day they tweeted out a somewhat more appropriate apology.